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re: Settings perfect, disappear sometimes anyway
Monday, February 16, 2004 at 10:06 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by George
(2 messages posted)
I have a relatively new install of Windows XP Upgrade and have not installed any
Tweak software. Pretty vanilla setup - using BlackIce Defender, McAfee Virus, but
I use Opera instead of Internet Exploder. I am using cable modem and an HP printer.
That is pretty much all I have installed. No manual changes to registry (yet).
The problem has not happened for a while so I don't know if it was solved when I
downloaded a Windows update, or reinstalled my printer software.
On Sunday, February 15, 2004 at 11:42 am, Z wrote:
>I have the same exact problem on my home PC, and several others which have had at
>one point some application installed which changes or customizes the looks & common
>tasks in WinXP. I haven't seen it happen in any other operating system which is
windows
>based.
>I configure new systems as part of my job, and I did start to notice that this starts
>happening after installing TweakUI, or TweakXP, and making changes to the taskbar
>within these "tweaking" programs. The changes work just fine for awhile, but as
the
>last couple of gentlemen said, the taskbar does not continue to function as it should.
>It will definitely lose it's ability to "autohide" until you either go into the
taskbar
>properties, uncheck "autohide the taskbar," then click on APPLY. Then, recheck "autohide
>the taskbar," and click OK---viola, it works again. But who the hell wants to do
>this every single time?
>This happens especially when the taskbar is in view while using web-based applications,
>or file sharing programs which utilize the browser. I'm not saying that these particular
>3rd party "tweak" programs are the root cause of the problem. But these types of
>programs change registry entries in order to "customize" your windows experience.
>Once I uninstalled the program, I still had the same problem. So, it appears that
>the problem is caused by another application which has changed a part of the registry
>concerning the taskbar, or the taskbar isn't seeing web-based, or other browser
based
>programs as anything that should cause the taskbar to autohide.
>Even the uninstall didn't change back what it manipulated. Did any of you who are
>experiencing the problem install any programs which are similar to TweakUI ? Maybe
>we can all find a common denominator. Maybe Windows XP isn't seeing a browser based
>program as a legitimate program which should make the taskbar autohide? Who knows.
>This problem pisses me off too. If they're going to offer a customizeable option
>to something as simple as the taskbar, then they should make damn sure that it functions
>as it should. Some programmer out there is probably loving this!
>
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